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Stamp Makes Impact

Wheeling native Elizabeth Stamp has received another breakthrough in her pursuit of a career as a comedy writer.

Stamp has been selected to participate in Imagine Impact, a “talent accelerator” in Los Angeles. It is a significant accomplishment because only 25 participants were picked from a field of 4,000 applicants.

She has been chosen for the project’s first group, known as Imagine 1. The eight-week commitment will allow Stamp to work on her proposal for a situation comedy. Actor-director Ron Howard and producer Brian Grazer are the creators of Imagine Impact.

Her home base is in Brooklyn, N.Y., but she has been spending a considerable amount of time working in Los Angeles. Earlier this year, she was chosen as a member of the Fox Writers Lab.

Stamp is a 2002 graduate of Linsly School and a graduate of Brown University. She is the daughter of U.S. District Court Judge Frederick Stamp and Joan Stamp of Wheeling.

A former magazine editor, she contributes to Architectural Digest, CNN Style, Vulture and The Onion, in addition to writing comedy.

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Beri Fox, president of Marble King in Paden City, and her toy factory have been profiled in Inc. magazine.

The article, written by Leigh Buchanan, an editor-at-large for Inc., was titled “This Decades-Old Toy Company Is the Last of Its Kind. Here’s How It Survived.”

Buchanan noted that Marble King has supplied its products for use in games, necklaces, earrings and architectural installations. The company’s marbles have been featured in at least three feature films, “The Goonies,” “Hook” and “Home Alone.”

Meanwhile, Fox, 63, is set to be honored as one of “West Virginia’s Wonder Women” at an event Monday at the Holiday Inn & Suites in South Charleston.

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The honor of a long lifetime came to 100-year-old Anthony Violi of Steubenville last weekend.

The Ohio State University graduate was chosen to dot the “i” in Script Ohio when he marched with the OSU alumni band at Ohio Stadium in Columbus on Sept. 22. Violi’s nationally-televised moment in the spotlight occurred as the alumni band and the Ohio State marching band performed a quadruple version of Script Ohio at halftime of the Buckeyes’ football game against Tulane University’s Green Wave.

Kevin Leonardi, communications director for the OSU marching band, profiled Violi and his special honor in the Ohio State alumni magazine. The writer noted that Violi rehearsed for the big moment in the back yard of his Steubenville home.

“I’ve been practicing. I’m going to go out on the field and bow down to the visitors’ side, and then I’ll do an about-face and bow down to the home side,” Violi said. “I’m practicing that turn and all of that to make sure it goes well.”

All went well for Violi, whose “i” dotting was broadcast live on the Big Ten Network, whose commentators marveled at the centenarian’s dedication.

Violi told media representatives that three busloads of family and friends from Steubenville were in the stands to witness his achievement.

Violi, originally from Adena, is a 1942 graduate of Ohio State. He is former band director at Steubenville High School.

The trumpet player has marched with the Ohio State alumni band for many years. Last weekend’s festivities marked the alumni band’s 50th reunion.

According to the alumni magazine, Violi played trumpet in the Ohio State marching band from 1937 to 1942. He joined the band a year after Script Ohio was introduced.

Linda Comins can be reached via email at: lcomins @theintelligencer.net.

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